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SCORE to present workshops on social media, business basics
An organization of retired entrepreneurs will present two free workshops on business-related topics this month at the Norwin Public Library on Caruthers Lane in Irwin. Westmoreland SCORE — Service Corps of Retired Executives — will present “Small Business Basics” from 5-7:30 p.m. April 15 for those wanting to start their...
Pleasant Unity community breathes new life into ballfield
Almost 50 years after the last official pitch was thrown, a Pleasant Unity baseball field has new life breathed into it. Located behind the Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department, what was once a grassy spot where kids occasionally threw a ball around, is now a functioning baseball field with an...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled by Judge Herbst in Monroeville – Apr. 4, 2019
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtDaniel Giron, 37, of Monroeville on charges of strangulation, terroristic threats and five counts of...
Drug, theft cases among recent Monroeville police investigations – Apr. 4, 2019
Monroeville police filed the following charges March 23 to April 2 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Joel Tamenne, 26, of Pittsburgh with retail theft. Charges were filed March 28 in connection with an incident along the 4000 block of Monroeville Boulevard. • Fahad Ahmed, 36, of Monroeville...
Cheswick approves police merger with Springdale Township
The proposed Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department took another step toward reality Thursday night. Cheswick Council voted unanimously to approve a merger of police services with neighboring Springdale Township. Soon, Springdale Township will take a similar vote that, if it passes, would make the merger happen. The combined force could...
Hempfield historical society to reopen library with 3,500 history books
More than 3,500 Westmoreland County and family history books will soon be available to the public again at the former Zion Church in Hempfield. The Paul Miller Ruff Library in the former church is scheduled to reopen after being closed for seven months to reorganize the books, said Thomas Harrold,...
Juvenile probation director retiresVideo
Adeline Beighley was a pioneer for Westmoreland County’s probation program. She served as the county’s lone female probation officer when she was hired in 1978. Nearly a decade later she was promoted to supervisor and in 1997 named as the director of the newly created Juvenile Probation Office, where she...
Youngwood man guilty of sexual assault on 2 teen girls
A Youngwood man faces up to 114 years in prison because he was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2016. Westmoreland County jurors deliberated about an hour before finding Darell Deisean Walker, 23, guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault and other related offenses. They found him...
Westmoreland parks upgrades funded through hotel tax
In a continued effort to boost tourism, Westmoreland County leaders plan to spend more than a half-million dollars this year to improve parks. Commissioners on Thursday approved an annual tourism plan to spend the nearly $862,000 generated by additional hotel taxes imposed on daily room rentals. Construction of the first...
Judge adds 3 years to Shaler man’s 12-year sentence for selling heroin paraphernalia
A federal judge added three more years to a Shaler man’s 12-year prison sentence because he continued to sell heroin paraphernalia at his family’s stores in the North Hills even after getting caught, prosecutors said Thursday. Mayank Mishra, 38, pleaded guilty to criminal contempt and drug charges in November for...
State lawmakers tour attractions in Laurel Highlands, Westmoreland County
The transportation-themed Lincoln Highway Experience museum in Unity played host Thursday to a group of special visitors: Members of the Pennsylvania House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee, who are on a tour of Laurel Highlands attractions. The committee leaders, Republican Chairman David Millard, of Bloomsburg, and Democratic Chairman Mark Longietti,...
Firefighter saves woman in New Kensington fire, 2nd woman jumps from window
Several New Kensington residents were left homeless, a woman was hurt and a dog died when fire broke out Thursday afternoon at an apartment house along Seventh Street. One of the residents credits a firefighter who, by chance, was driving by with saving her life. The fire broke out in...
DUI, theft cases among those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum – Apr. 4, 2019
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Waived preliminary hearingsMaria Cartieri, 23, of Monroeville on charges of driving under the influence, disregard traffic lane and careless driving. Charges were filed Feb. 14.Kevin Abraham, 33, of Pittsburgh on charges of...
New Kensington Bridge to be inspected next week, lane restriction to occur
An inspection of the New Kensington Bridge will create a traffic restriction next Tuesday, April 9, through Friday, April 12. PennDOT announced the inspection will result in single-lane, alternating traffic each day on the bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 12 The bridge carries Ninth Street over the...
Marshall postal facility to reopen
Nearly two weeks after a mercury spill, the U.S. Postal Service’s Pittsburgh Network Distribution Center will resume daily operations Friday. The Marshall facility has been closed since March 24, after receiving an “improperly mailed package containing mercury,” said a postal service press release. According to the state Department of Environmental...
Westmoreland County Community College hosts Express Enrollment
Students considering summer school can fill in all the blanks at Westmoreland County Community College’s Express Enrollment Day on April 6. WCCC will be hosting a “one-stop shop” for prospective students from 10 am. until 2 p.m. at its campuses and centers in Hempfield, Latrobe, Mt. Pleasant, New Kensington, Murrysville,...
TSA: Irwin man had loaded gun in carry-on bag at Pittsburgh airport
Federal security officers on Thursday said they stopped an Irwin man from bringing a loaded handgun onto a plane at Pittsburgh International Airport. It is the eighth gun found at the airport this year, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The .380-caliber handgun, loaded with six bullets, was in the...
Derry woman accused of filming sex acts with 4-year-old boy
A 32-year-old Derry woman was arraigned Thursday on child pornography charges after state police alleged her cellphone contained videos of her in sexually explicit positions with a 4-year-old boy. Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department deputies located Tiffany M. Beeman at a drug rehabilitation facility in Greensburg, where she was arrested. Troopers...
Bradford Woods Conservancy hosting program on link between invasive tree and Spotted Lanternfly
The Bradford Woods Conservancy’s speaker series will feature a program by an expert in plant diseases and pest management at 7 p.m. on April 17. Matthew Kasson, an assistant professor of Forest Pathology at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., will present a program on the link between the introduction...
Missing New Kensington girl returns home safe
A 13-year-old New Kensington girl missing since Monday is back at home. “She is safe and sound,” Detective Sgt. Dino DiGiacobbe said Thursday afternoon. Patience Johnson, 13, was last seen Monday morning in the city wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black and white pants, brown knee-high boots and silver hoop...
Westmoreland pays $75K for fall at nursing home
Westmoreland County agreed Thursday to pay nearly $75,000 in state and federal fines imposed after a resident was injured last year at the county-owned nursing home. Those fines were issued following a state inspection last May at Westmoreland Manor, which revealed a nurse’s aide improperly attempted to lift a patient...
Vandergrift man charged in wreck that seriously injured a Leechburg woman
Allegheny Township police are accusing a Vandergrift man of causing a wreck that seriously injured a Leechburg woman. Brett William Mego, 23, of Sherman Avenue is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle and 13 related offenses in connection with a March 22 wreck along South Leechburg Hill Road in which,...
Pittsburgh man sought in connection with Walmart theft
State police are searching for a man they have charged with stealing a computer and other items from an Indiana County Walmart. Trenton Dwight Jones, 30, of Pittsburgh was charged Thursday with taking a computer, motor oil and laundry detergent. It was valued at $980.24, according to state police. The...
Homicide charge filed after woman dies in McKees Rocks Bridge crash
A McKees Rocks man has been charged with homicide after a woman injured in a crash police say he caused two months ago died this week. Allegheny County police filed charges Thursday against Christopher Vuckovich, 39. Police said Vuckovich was driving eastbound on the bridge at 62 mph in a...
Export man accused of selling deadly heroin dose jailed on $250K bond
A 51-year-old Export man was arraigned Thursday on charges of delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a co-worker in December. Kelly R. Frank was charged with drug delivery resulting in death and possession with intent to deliver before Murrysville District Judge Charles Conway. He was ordered held...
